Busy Bee Learning Center

Busy Bee Learning Center, a woman-owned, minority-owned (Black American owned) sole proprietorship based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, operates as a sub-recipient on federal Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) grants and nutrition assistance sub-awards flowing through the Tennessee Department of Human Services. The vendor has no prime contract or grant awards; all eighteen recent awards are sub-recipient participations in USDA Food and Nutrition Service nutrition programs, with combined dollars obligated of $68 thousand across the award footprint.

The vendor's entire award activity concentrates on two recurring grant sub-award types administered by Tennessee DHSS as the prime recipient: CACFP CIL (Child and Adult Care Food Program — center-based or in-home lunch programs) and CN Block Meals Reimbursement (Commodity Nutrition block grant meal reimbursement). Monthly sub-awards began in September 2024 and continue through May 2026, with activity accelerating from one award in 2024 to seven in 2025 to ten through May 2026. All eighteen sub-awards name the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service as the funding federal agency, flowing through Tennessee DHHS as the intermediary state grantee. The vendor serves a single customer agency across all awards and has no diversity in funding streams or sub-award type.

Busy Bee Learning Center's federal footprint reflects participation in child nutrition assistance delivery rather than contract-based service provision. The sub-recipient awards support meal provision and reimbursement operations tied to USDA child nutrition entitlements; the small combined obligation amount ($68 thousand) reflects reimbursement-based grant structures rather than fixed-price service contracts. The vendor's sole proprietorship status and woman-owned, minority-owned designations position it for set-aside consideration in future growth, though current sub-recipient work operates under standard USDA pass-through grant compliance and state-level administration, not federal procurement set-asides. No parent vehicles, IDIQs, or BPA infrastructure is present in the award record.